Possible amendment for Debian Contributors concept (was: Call for seconds: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.)

2008-10-28 Thread Peter Palfrader
Hi, I really dislike the negative tone of the original proposed resolution, so I am thinking of proposing this as an alternative option. The text I'm thinking about is currently this: | The Debian Project recognizes that many contributors to the project are | not working withing established

Re: Possible amendment for Debian Contributors concept (was: Call for seconds: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.)

2008-10-28 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Peter Palfrader [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008.10.28.0921 +0100]: | We thank Joerg Jaspert for exploring ideas on how to involve | contributors more closely with the project so that they can get both | recognition and the necessary tools to do their work. The problem I have with this is

Re: Possible amendment for Debian Contributors concept (was: Call for seconds: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.)

2008-10-28 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Tuesday 28 October 2008 09:21, Peter Palfrader wrote: I really dislike the negative tone of the original proposed resolution, so I am thinking of proposing this as an alternative option. Good call. The text I'm thinking about is currently this: [..] This is not a call for seconds

Re: Possible amendment for Debian Contributors concept (was: Call for seconds: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.)

2008-10-28 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
I have a problem with this part: | We invite the DAM to further develop his ideas | in close coordination with other members of the project, and to present | a new and improved proposal on the project's mailinglists in the future, | at least two weeks prior to any planned implementation.

Re: Possible amendment for Debian Contributors concept (was: Call for seconds: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.)

2008-10-28 Thread Gaudenz Steinlin
Hi On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 09:21:57AM +0100, Peter Palfrader wrote: Hi, I really dislike the negative tone of the original proposed resolution, so I am thinking of proposing this as an alternative option. Thank you for proposing this option. I really like it's constructive tone. The

Re: Possible amendment for Debian Contributors concept (was: Call for seconds: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.)

2008-10-28 Thread Gaudenz Steinlin
On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 01:12:11PM +0100, Peter Palfrader wrote: On Tue, 28 Oct 2008, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: | We realize that the proposal posted to the debian-devel-announce | mailinglist is not yet finalized and may not have the support of a large | part of our community. We

Re: Possible amendment for Debian Contributors concept (was: Call for seconds: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.)

2008-10-28 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 09:21:57AM +0100, Peter Palfrader a écrit : I really dislike the negative tone of the original proposed resolution, so I am thinking of proposing this as an alternative option. The text I'm thinking about is currently this: | The Debian Project recognizes that

Re: Possible amendment for Debian Contributors concept (was: Call for seconds: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.)

2008-10-28 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le mardi 28 octobre 2008 à 20:38 +0100, Peter Palfrader a écrit : So either we, the project, a) work with them and try to convince them of the merits of alternate proposals, or b) we could force a system they aren't convinced of upon them using a GR - probably not something that will work very

Re: Call for seconds: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-27 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 25/10/08 at 10:10 +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: Hi all, I have integrated the changes suggested by Frans, Robert, and aspell (wdiff attached). Here is the amended proposal: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 - Following the announcement of the 22nd of October on the

Re: Call for seconds: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-27 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 10:42:08AM +0100, Lucas Nussbaum a écrit : I fear that this GR will look like vote yes if you don't want change. I'm personally fine with changes to the membership process. But I want them to be decided after an healthy, public, discussion, and probably also a vote

Re: Call for seconds: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-27 Thread Joerg Jaspert
On 11551 March 1977, Charles Plessy wrote: I would be more than happy if a discussion between the different poles of opinions would start, with focus on convergence. This GR effectively blocks any [motivation to have a] discussion. -- bye, Joerg A.D. 1492: Christopher Columbus arrives in

Re: Call for seconds: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-27 Thread Robert Millan
On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 03:30:02PM +0100, Joerg Jaspert wrote: On 11551 March 1977, Charles Plessy wrote: I would be more than happy if a discussion between the different poles of opinions would start, with focus on convergence. This GR effectively blocks any [motivation to have a]

Re: Call for seconds: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-27 Thread Robert Millan
On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 10:42:08AM +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: Should we add something to the GR to address this problem? Or simply explain the reasoning behind the GR by different means, during the vote? I think it's perfectly reasonable to explain our respective POVs separately (and in

DAM has no competency to make changes to membership structure (was: Call for seconds: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.)

2008-10-27 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Charles Plessy [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008.10.25.0310 +0200]: The Debian Project, by way of a general resolution of its developers, decides: The changes announced the 22nd of October on the debian-devel-announce mailing list (Message-id: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) are suspended

Re: DAM has no competency to make changes to membership structure (was: Call for seconds: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.)

2008-10-27 Thread Patrick Schoenfeld
On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 05:13:22PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: also sprach Charles Plessy [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008.10.25.0310 +0200]: The Debian Project, by way of a general resolution of its developers, decides: The changes announced the 22nd of October on the debian-devel-announce

Re: Call for seconds: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-26 Thread Frans Pop
snip - Following the announcement of the 22nd of October on the debian-devel-announce mailing list (Message-id: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) about Developer Status; - Given the importance of defining how the Project accepts new members; - Because of the strong opposition to the method

Re: Call for seconds: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-26 Thread Amaya
Sorry, I can't reply to the original mail itself, I hope this suffices. Frans Pop wrote: snip - Following the announcement of the 22nd of October on the debian-devel-announce mailing list (Message-id: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) about Developer Status; - Given the importance of

Re: Call for seconds: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-25 Thread MJ Ray
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Charles Plessy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Following the announcement of the 22nd of October on the debian-devel-announce mailing list (Message-id: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) about Developer Status; - Given the importance of defining how the

Re: Call for seconds: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-25 Thread Robert Millan
On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 10:10:55AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 - Following the announcement of the 22nd of October on the debian-devel-announce mailing list (Message-id: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) about Developer Status; - Given the

Re: Call for seconds: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-25 Thread Bas Zoetekouw
Hi Charles! You wrote: - Following the announcement of the 22nd of October on the debian-devel-announce mailing list (Message-id: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) about Developer Status; - Given the importance of defining how the Project accepts new members; - Because of the strong

Call for seconds: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-24 Thread Charles Plessy
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dear all, Joerg Jaspert answered to my questions and some others on his blog, but the informations that I think we need are still not provided. - It is not known whether the Secretary, the Project leader and his delegates for the system

Re: Call for seconds: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-24 Thread Bastian Blank
On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 09:15:43PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: The Debian Project, by the way of a general resolution of its developpers, decides: - The changes announced the 22nd of October on the debian-devel-announce mailing list (Message-id: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) are suspended. It

Re: Call for seconds: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-24 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
Bastian Blank [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Well, maybe you want. This would make it impossible to change the membership procedures without an GR. I don't think so. I think that would require (temporarily) amending the constitution, as it would (temporarily) remove the authority defined there. --

Re: Call for seconds: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-24 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 02:36:22PM +0200, Bastian Blank a écrit : On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 09:15:43PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: The Debian Project, by the way of a general resolution of its developpers, decides: - The changes announced the 22nd of October on the debian-devel-announce

Re: Call for seconds: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-24 Thread Robert Millan
On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 11:49:31PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: takes immediately effect until a procedural vote decides if the supsension Typo ^ -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's

Re: Call for seconds: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-24 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 24/10/08 at 23:49 +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 - Following the announcement of the 22nd of October on the debian-devel-announce mailing list (Message-id: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) about Developer Status; - Given the importance of

Re: Call for seconds: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-24 Thread Frans Pop
I would second this proposal for basically the same reasons as Lucas, but there is one sentence I think needs to be improved. Charles Plessy wrote: In accordance to the paragraph 4.2.2 of the constition, this suspension takes immediately effect until a procedural vote decides if the

Re: Call for seconds: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-24 Thread Jeff Carr
On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 08:43, Lucas Nussbaum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd like to add that I'm not opposed to changes in our membership policy. But those changes could fundamentally change our project, and I believe that it's important that there's a lot of discussion about it, There have

Re: Call for seconds: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-24 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 08:27:40PM +0200, Frans Pop a écrit : Charles Plessy wrote: In accordance to the paragraph 4.2.2 of the constition, this suspension takes immediately effect until a procedural vote decides if the supsension is lifted until the vote of this general resolution.